يَاO أَمِيرَprince الصَّعِيدِUpper Egypt يَحْرُسُكَmay guard you اللهُGod
يَا أَمِيرَ الصَّعِيدِ يَحْرُسُكَ اللهُ
وَيَرْعَاكَand may watch over you يَاO أَمِيرَprince الصعِيدِUpper Egypt
وَيَرْعَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الصعِيدِ
O Prince of Upper Egypt, may God guard you,
O Prince of Upper Egypt, may God protect you
And watch over you, O Prince of Upper Egypt.
And care for you, O Prince of Upper Egypt
تَاهَboasted شَطْرٌone half مَنَof الْبِلاَدِthe land عَلَىover شَطْرٍanother half
تَاهَ شَطْرٌ مَنَ الْبِلاَدِ عَلَى شَطْرٍ
مُدِلاًّtaking pride بِالانْتِسَابِin the affiliation الْجَدِيدِnew
مُدِلاًّ بِالانْتِسَابِ الْجَدِيدِ
One half of the land has boasted over another,
Part of the country has inclined towards another part
Taking pride in its new affiliation.
Sporting the new lineage
لقَبٌa title بِاسْمِكَbearing your name الَّذِيwhich لاَnot يُسَامَىis rivaled in eminence
لقَبٌ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي لاَ يُسَامَى
خُطَّwas inscribed فِيin مُسْتَهَلِّthe opening of سِفْرٍa volume مَجِيدglorious
خُطَّ فِي مُسْتَهَلِّ سِفْرٍ مَجِيد
A title bearing your name, which none can rival,
A title with your unmatched name
Was inscribed at the opening of a glorious volume.
Inscribed in the beginning of a glorious book
زَادَincreased مِصْرَEgypt الْعُلْيَاUpper عَلاَءًglory وَأحْيَاand revived
زَادَ مِصْرَ الْعُلْيَا عَلاَءً وَأحْيَا
بِطَريفٍwith the newly acquired مَاwhat فَاتَهَاit had lost مِنْof تَلِيدِancestral heritage
بِطَريفٍ مَا فَاتَهَا مِنْ تَلِيدِ
It heightened Upper Egypt's glory and revived
It gave Upper Egypt prominence and revived
With the new what it had lost of its ancient heritage.
What it had missed of tradition
ذَلِكَthat الطَّالِعُthe rising star السَّعِيدُauspicious هْوَit is
ذَلِكَ الطَّالِعُ السَّعِيدُ هْوَ
الْبُشْرَىglad tidings لِسُكَّانِهَاto its inhabitants بِعَهْدof a reign سَعِيدِhappy
الْبُشْرَى لِسُكَّانِهَا بِعَهْد سَعِيدِ
That auspicious rising star is
That auspicious rising star
Glad tidings to its inhabitants of a happy reign.
Is good tidings for its inhabitants of a prosperous era
هَلْhave ...? أَتَتْكَreached you الأَنْبَاءُthe tidings مُمْتَطِيَاتِriding الْبَرْقِthe lightning
هَلْ أَتَتْكَ الأَنْبَاءُ مُمْتَطِيَاتِ الْبَرْقِ
شَوْقاًout of longing مُسْتبْطِئَاتِfinding too slow الْبَرِيدِthe post
شَوْقاً مُسْتبْطِئَاتِ الْبَرِيدِ
Have the tidings reached you, riding the lightning,
Have the news reached you, riding lightning
Out of longing, finding the post too slow?
Yearning, delayed by the mail
يَنْبِضُpulses النَّابِضُthe spring الَّذِيthat حَرَّكْتَهُyou set in motion
يَنْبِضُ النَّابِضُ الَّذِي حَرَّكْتَهُ
فَتُؤَدِّيso convey الْحُرُوفُthe letters بِالتَّغْرِيدِin trills
فَتُؤَدِّي الْحُرُوفُ بِالتَّغْرِيدِ
The spring that you set in motion pulses,
The pulsating heart you stirred
So the letters convey their message in trills.
Utters letters melodiously
فَإِذَاso when مَاemphatic particle الْوَمِيضُthe flash غَنَّىsang بِمَاof what يَنْقُلُit conveys
فَإِذَا مَا الْوَمِيضُ غَنَّى بِمَا يَنْقُلُ
غنَّىsang الْفَضَاءُspace بِالتَّرْدِيدِin echo
غنَّى الْفَضَاءُ بِالتَّرْدِيدِ
So when the flash sings of what it conveys,
So when the flash sang what it conveys
Space sings in echo.
The sky sings in refrain
وَإِذَاand when بَشَّsmiled ضَوْءُهُits light بَشَّتِsmiled
وَإِذَا بَشَّ ضَوْءُهُ بَشَّتِ
الآْفَاقُthe horizons مِنْamong صَاقِبٍnearby بهَاwithin them وَبَعِيدِand far away
الآْفَاقُ مِنْ صَاقِبٍ بهَا وَبَعِيدِ
And when its light smiles, so do
And when its light shines
The horizons, near and far.
The horizons beam, near and far
فرَحٌjoy قَامَarose فِيin الْجَنُوبِthe south وَلَكِنْand yet
فرَحٌ قَامَ فِي الْجَنُوبِ وَلَكِنْ
شَمِلَencompassed النِّيلَthe Nile فِيalong مَدَاهُits course الْمَدِيدِfar-reaching
شَمِلَ النِّيلَ فِي مَدَاهُ الْمَدِيدِ
Joy arose in the south, and yet
Joy rose in the South but
It embraced the Nile along its far-reaching course.
Encompassed the Nile in its long course
يَاO مَلِيكاًking جَلاَrevealed عُلاَهُhis glory هِلاَلٌa crescent
يَا مَلِيكاً جَلاَ عُلاَهُ هِلاَلٌ
أَيْنَwhere مِنْcompared with بِشْرِهِits glad radiance هِلاَلُthe crescent of الْعِيدِEid
أَيْنَ مِنْ بِشْرِهِ هِلاَلُ الْعِيدِ
O king whose glory a crescent has revealed,
O King, a crescent exalted his grandeur
How can the Eid crescent match its glad radiance?
Where is its good omen from the crescent of Eid
هَزَّthrilled مِيناًMina أَنْthat عَادَwas again مُتَّصِلاًunited مَاwhat
هَزَّ مِيناً أَنْ عَادَ مُتَّصِلاً مَا
انْبَتَّhad been severed مِنْfrom مُلْكِهِhis realm بِمُلْكthrough a reign جَدِيدِnew
انْبَتَّ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ بِمُلْك جَدِيدِ
Mina was thrilled by the reunion of what
It shook the harbor that he returned reconnected
Had been severed from his realm, through a new reign.
To his kingdom with a new kingdom
Sol 6.1